The Yorkshire coast looking south from Whitby Abbey

A high view showing this very distinctive coastline from just behind the Abbey. The next biggish place on this coast is Robin Hood Bay about five miles south of here. Many sea birds make their nest in and around these cliffs and as you can see it can be pretty interesting walking the sands too –but I have never done that here. - This cliff line is known as ‘The Scar’ and the ‘Islands’ are part of ‘Saltwick Nab’ which originally contained the Saltwick Nab ancient alum quarries. Of course there are still a lot of fossils to be found around here. A number of ships have met there end on these rocks too.
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